“But we’re already charging for lunch and Advanced Placement classes and lockers. “It sets up a potential problematic relationship where a public school system is charging for services,” said Marguerite Roza, a Georgetown University school finance professor. And Mark Twain Union Elementary School District in Angels Camp, Calif., is adding $10 to the annual $130 parents pay this year for transportation costs. Watertown schools in South Dakota is offering parents 42 cents a mile if they can manage to get their kids to school on their own, on average a 30-mile round trip. Notification of school closings because of inclement weather will be sent to local radio and TV stations, and posted on the DPS website.In Philadelphia, parents can get up to $1,500 this school year for opting out of their school bus ride. When schools are closed for the day, all extra-curricular activities, interscholastic athletics, practices, and field trips are cancelled. In most situations, the decision to close schools will be made by 4:30 a.m. Main roads, over time, may be cleared after a morning snowfall, but our residential streets often remain hazardous beyond those early hours when buses deliver our children to school. There will be times when the regular buses cannot travel on all roads because of large accumulations of snow, or because of certain drifting patterns in some areas of the district. The condition of all roads is also considered. At all times the safety of students and staff is the basis for determining the cancellation of school. Members of the DPS weather team closely monitor local forecasts at first announcement of a storm front. Temperature (watched closely when predicted near 0º).Freezing rain and the effect on roads, power lines and tree limbs.Condition of all streets (thoroughfare and residential), and bus stops.Ability to clear parking lots and sidewalks around schools.When the snow falls, and when the snowfall is expected to end.When deciding whether to close schools, factors that are taken into consideration include: Our goal is never to deny any student transportation to and from school, but we must maintain safety for all students. The school administrator is solely responsible for consequences based on the incident as described by the driver and student. When there is an infraction, a referral is turned in to school administrators, who are responsible for contacting the student and parent to resolve the lack of compliance with bus expectations. Most drivers have bus rules or expectations posted on the bus also, the yearly Student Code of Conduct booklet is distributed by the school and discussed in-depth with your student. Anything that jeopardizes the safety of individuals on the bus is viewed as serious. The behavioral expectations on the bus revolve around the individual rights of every person on the bus, including the driver and the collective rights of students and driver as it pertains to safety. Add in the mobility of that "classroom" and traffic, added noise and the size of the "classroom" and you have a potential catastrophe if there are not clear expectations and enforcement. We strive to provide safe and reliable transportation for our students by effectively managing time, resources and personnel.īehavioral expectations on the school bus are much like those in the classroom. The Dayton Public Schools Transportation Department has received the highest marks for safety and reliability from the annual Ohio State Highway Patrol inspection team. Additionally, there are highly qualified mechanics who maintain our fleet, body shop/metal workers who make needed repairs to school buses and trained paraprofessionals that ride and assist our special needs students. Our school bus fleet travels over 8,000 miles per day and over 1.5 million miles a school year! The transportation department employs more than 300 employees, including nearly 200 qualified school bus drivers and substitutes. Transportation is also provided for special events as assigned by the district superintendent. We provide transportation for students to and from school, athletic events and field trips. The Transportation Department provides the community a safe, professional and efficient means to transport eligible students in the Dayton area.
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